Ideas
Cultivate your personal brand
Upward advancement in a competitive company can feel like a race with bumper cars at the fair. Every “player” is careening around the track, ricocheting and banging into one another as they race to the goal. The winner is generally the one who can swerve to avoid all the bumps and smash ups with the other competitors.
Kohler Co. employee charged with theft
A Sheboygan man has been charged with stealing money from his employer, Kohler Co.
Where and when: Flexible work environment is key
I spoke with a group of recruiters recently, and one of the frustrations in the room (shared by most) was related to flexibility. It is becoming more and more challenging to oversee where employees are working and when.
Diamond Vogel Paints buys industrial building to expand operations in Sheboygan Falls
Orange City, Iowa-based Diamond Vogel Paints recently purchased a 48,000-square-foot building in Sheboygan Falls for $1.15 million.
Embed innovation into the corporate culture
The goal of an innovation initiative is to embed innovation into the organization's culture so it becomes a way of life, not a special effort. Just like purchasing, sales, production or quality control, innovation has to be a standard practice to make a difference.
UWM to receive brownfield grant for Innovation Campus building
The UWM Real Estate Foundation Inc. will receive a $205,850 Brownfield Program award from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to assist in the environmental remediation at the site of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's new Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa.
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Rapport is overrated: Believing that sales is all about relationships can backfire
When someone making small talk finds out I'm in sales training, almost every time, they reply with something like this: “Oh, that's interesting. You know, at the end of the day, isn't sales really all about relationships?”
Curtis Industries acquires California firm
Curtis Industries, a Milwaukee-based division of Powers Holdings, announced it has acquired Tri-Mag, Inc., which manufactures standard and customized power supplies.
Milwaukee seminar to focus on trade with China
A partnership with the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce, the Changzhou Municipal Government, Asia- America Chamber of Commerce, World Trade Center Wisconsin and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce will present "Changzhou Meets The USA: A Seminar on Bilateral Trade & Investment."
Actuant to sell division
Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to sell the company's Electrical segment.
